Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models

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Guideline on AI usage on Wikipedia

This page documents an English Wikipedia content guideline.

Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus.

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This page in a nutshell: Don't use AI writing tools such as large language models to generate or rewrite article content.

Text generated by large language models (LLMs)^[a] often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies. For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited,^[b] except for basic copyedits and translation of material from other language Wikipedias as outlined below.

Editors are permitted to use LLMs to suggest basic copyedits to their own writing, and to incorporate some of them after human review, provided the LLM does not introduce content of its own. Caution is required, because LLMs can go beyond what is asked of them and can change the meaning of the text such that it is not supported by the sources cited. Examples of basic copyedits include spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
Editors are permitted to use LLMs to translate articles from another language's Wikipedia into the English Wikipedia, but must follow the guidance laid out at Wikipedia:LLM-assisted translation.

The writing style of some editors may appear similar to the output of LLMs. The imposition of sanctions requires evidence beyond basic stylistic or linguistic indications. When evaluating possible LLM use, it is best to consider the full pattern of the editor's recent edits and whether the edits comply with core content policies.

Persistent use of large language models outside of the above exceptions can result in an editor being blocked from editing.^[c]

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^ such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, DeepSeek, or Grammarly
^ Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models/RfC, March 2026
^ per RFC: Include LLM usage as a reason to block, March–May 2026

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